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New idea from New Zealand: Let’s eradicate pet cats

Morgan called on his countrymen Tuesday to make their current cat their last in order to save the nation’s unique bird species. He set up a website, called Cats To Go, depicting a tiny kitten with red devil’s horns. The opening line: “That little ball of fluff you own is a natural born killer.”

He doesn’t recommended people euthanize their current cats — “Not necessarily but that is an option” are the site’s exact words — but rather neuter them and not replace them when they die. Morgan, an economist and well-known businessman, also suggests people keep cats indoors and that local governments make registration mandatory…

For thousands of years, New Zealand’s native birds had no predators and flourished. Some species, like the kiwi, became flightless. But the arrival of mankind and its introduction of predators like cats, dogs and rodents has wiped out some native bird species altogether and endangered many others.

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Yeah exactly. We’ve been spoiled for so long by seeing mice only in labs or on farms or in really run-down houses that we’ve forgotten how horribly common rodents used to be! Ladies of HA, imagine seeing mice on a regular basis. *cue the girly screams*

If people are stupid enough to follow the bad advice of this greenie doofus, though I don’t think they will, mother nature will promptly plant her foot up their backsides so hard they’ll fart shoelaces.

The last bunch of superstitious nitwits who made cat ownership illegal caused a rodent and vermin population explosion that carried the Black Death into Europe, killing more than a third of the population.

Then again, people who believe in such fantasies as cat owning women being evil witches are of the same intellectual level as those who believe in the man made global warming scriptures of the Goreacle.

Yeah exactly. We’ve been spoiled for so long by seeing mice only in labs or on farms or in really run-down houses that we’ve forgotten how horribly common rodents used to be! Ladies of HA, imagine seeing mice on a regular basis. *cue the girly screams*

MelonCollie on January 22, 2013 at 4:05 PM

This lady of HA has rats as pets. The scream would be of “how cuuuuuuuute”

With that out of the way, I do think that feral cat populations should be, ahem, “controlled.” And no, “catch, neuter and release” doesn’t work. They can damage bird populations. In a unique ecosystem like NZ, this could be a big problem.

I’d love a pet ratty-unfortunately so would my 3 cats….prferably one with a limp. *sigh*
*I’m also NOT afraid of snakes and spiders*

annoyinglittletwerp on January 22, 2013 at 5:15 PM

I have a cat as well. It requires some diligence and keeping them in a safe place. It was hard at first with this cat (our previous cat wasn’t remotely interested), but it’s getting much easier and she cares less and less. Hopefully in about 5-10 years she won’t at all!

It is possible. Just a bit more work and definitely more with three cats. That might just be a bit too hard.